caramel

Everyday

1. Caramel is a sweet, brown, sticky food made by heating sugar until it melts and turns brown. tree →
2. A caramel is a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter and milk. tree →
3. Caramel is a light brown colour. tree →

In the lessons

In science and cooking, heating sugar is a change that cannot be reversed: white sugar melts and turns into brown caramel. In everyday life caramel is in desserts, sauces, sweets and ice cream. Safety: hot caramel is extremely hot and sticks to skin, so only make it with an adult.

Examples

• We drizzled caramel sauce over the ice cream. tree →
• Melting sugar turns into caramel. tree →
• Grandma gave us a chewy caramel. tree →
• Hot caramel can burn, so ask an adult. tree →
• Her puppy has a caramel-coloured coat. tree →
• Salted caramel is sweet and a bit salty. tree →

Note

Pronounced «KA-ra-mel» or «KAR-mel» (US). Uncountable as food, countable as sweets. Verb: caramelise (caramelize in US). Making caramel is an irreversible change: you cannot get the white sugar back.